Ph.D., Biochemistry, Dartmouth College 1989
B.S., Biology, Rochester Institute of Technology 1984
A.A., Science, Simon’s Rock Early College 1982

My research interests are in the areas of water quality and freshwater microbial ecology. I am involved in studies on local lakes and streams for nutrient and fecal contamination.

Northern Maine Mock Envirothon –Advisor for Aquatics Section, 2002
Member of Planning Group for Fort Kent Town Garage Site Restoration 2002-present
Nothern Maine Regional Envirothon – Judge in Aquatics section. 2001
Member of Upper St. John Land Trust, 2001-present
Participant in inner city Utica secondary school mentoring program. 1994-1995
Participant in inner city Baltimore secondary school science outreach program. 1993-1994

Robb, F.T., Maeder, D.L., DiRuggiero, J., Borges, K.M., and Tolliday, N. (2001) Glutamate dehydrogenases from hyperthermophiles, Methods in Enzymology, 331, 26-41.
Nguyen, T.N., Borges, K.M., Romano, A.H., and Noll, K.N. (2001) Differential gene expression in Thermotoga neapolitana in response to growth substrate, FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 195, 79-83.
Gonzalez , J.M., Sheckells, D., Viebahn, M., Krupatkina, D., Borges, K.M., and F.T. Robb (1999) Thermococcus waiotapuensis sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic archaeon isolated from a freshwater hot spring, Arch. Microbiol., 172, 95-101.
Borges, K.M., A. Bergerat, A.M. Bogert, J. DiRuggiero, P. Forterre, and F.T. Robb (1997) Characterization of the Reverse Gyrase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus, J. Bacteriol., 179, 1721-1726